Firearms are used for several reasons
-Cheating in a knife fight-Commiting Crimes
-Hunting
-Destroying small objects out of boredom
-Target Practice
These tools first came around in China with the work of gunpowder. Europe began using firearms in the late 1300s. In the 1500s, the arquebus arrived and anyone could be recruited into the army in a short time, thus knights or any other honorary soldier that had spent a years to a lifetime training weren't needed as little skill was involved in operating a gun. In modern times, many countries have banned them, but they remain common in criminal hands. Although most firearm owners are honest non-criminals, any idiotic scum can get their hands on a firearm, giving it a bad reputation, and giving politicians thought about banning specific guns. There is much controversy in this issue, afterall some people just like going duck hunting with 155mm howitzers, and small concealable silenced automatic weapons designed for murder are perfectly safe after all.

Another one of man's best friends, second to the dog. You load a bullet, unlock the gun, aim at your target, pull the trigger, and get smacked in the face by kick-back. Usually protested against by hippies, anti-war protestors, liberals, and other idiots. The United Kingdom has fallen prey to the liberal predators in Parliament who passed laws controlling the ownership and usage of firearms, and not just safety laws (like the United States.)

Firearms, Won mod of the year from PCGamer and runner up game of the year for 2000.
Has over a expansive ammount of weapons from many countries including: United States of America, Russia, Germany, The Swiss, France And Many others.